VII. 完形填空。(共20小题，每小题1.5分;满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项选出一个最佳选项。

　　A

　　The Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon，and an old Irishman(爱尔兰人)was watching them on the television in the bar of a hotel.There was an Englishman

　　in the bar，too，and he 51 the Irishman，“The 52 are very clever，aren’t they? They are going 53 some men to the moon.It is a long 54 from the world.”

　　“Oh，that’s 55 ，”the Irishman answered quickly.“The Irish are going to send some men to the sun in a few months.That's 56 away from the moon，，you know.”

　　“ Yes，it is.”The English man said，“ 57 it is too 58 for the people to go to.”

　　The Irishman laughed and said，“Well.the Irish aren’t stupid.You know，we 59 go to the sun during the day;of course，we will go there 60 .”

　　51.A.said to B.told C.talk to D.spoke

　　52.A.Englishmen B.Americans C.Irish D.Frenchmen

　　53.A. to reach B.to send C.to give D.to test

　　54.A.time B.street C.road D.way

　　55.A：good B.nice C.true D.nothing

　　56.A.1ong B.far C.further D.much farther

　　57.A.and B.but C.or D.because

　　58.A.hot B.warm C.cold D.cool

　　59.A.don't B.can’t C.won’t D.mustn't

　　60.A.in the morning B.in the afternoon C.on Monday D.during the night

　　B

　　It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s 　61　 all doctor thought, until they heard about AL Herpin. AL Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be 　62　 ? The doctor decided to see this 　63　 man themselves.

　　AL Herpin was 90 years old when the doctor went to his home in New Jersey. They 　64　 that he got some sleep of some kind . So they stayed with him and watched every movement(行为)he 　65　 . But they were surprised . 　66　 they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

　　The only 　67　 that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable(舒适)chair and reading newspapers. The doctor were 　68　 by this strange continuous(不断)sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, 　69　 to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain(解释)his condition(状况). Herpin 　70　 some talk about his mother having been injured(受伤)several days before he was born, but that was all. Was this the only reason(理由)? No one could be sure.

　　61.A . that B. what C. why D. how

　　62.A. true B. right C. OK D. wrong

　　63.A. usual B. happy C. sad D. strange

　　64.A. thought B. think C. hope D. wished

　　65.A. had B. did C. made D. got

　　66.A. Though B. Because C. If D. Since

　　67.A. rest B. way C. pleasure D. sleep

　　68.A. interested B. puzzled C. surprised D. tired

　　69.A. helping B . beginning C. surprised D. hoping

　　70.A. forgot B.remembered C. answered D. showed

　　VIII. 补全对话。(共5小题，每小题1分;满分5分)

　　根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　A: Hey, you look mad. What’s wrong?

　　B：I...I just can’t stand that terrible driver. He is so...

　　A： 71 Oh, would you like something to drink, coffee or cola?

　　B：Neither. A cup of water is OK.

　　A：Here you are. (one minute later) 72 ?

　　B：Yeah, much better.

　　A：So what exactly happened to you?

　　B：Just now I was riding my bike along the road. A car passed me quickly and suddenly stopped one meter away from me. At the same time there was another car coming in the other direction(方向), I had to brake(刹车)hard and then I hit the person on another bike.

　　A： 73 ?

　　B：Luckily no. But we both fell off our bike.

　　A： 74 .

　　B：No, no. I got angry just because the driver drove off without saying anything.

       A： 75 .